Savings-bank.



No. 781344. PATENTED JAN. 31, 1905.-

I. B. KING. SAVINGS BANK.

APPLIOATIOI FILED JULY-80 1904.

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JOHN B. KING, OF TEXARKANA, TEXAS.

SAVINGS-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,344, dated January 31, 1905. Application filed July 30, 1904:. Serial No. 218,872.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, JOHN B. KING, acitizen of the United States, residing at TeXarkana, in the county of Bowie and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Savings-Banks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-,

tion, reference being had to the accompanylng drawings, forming part of this specification.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a convenient small savings-bank for the home which may be readily and easily secured to construction for securingthe savings-bank to the various-sized shelves of the telephone to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed and in which the construction is such that the savings-bank cannot be removed from its place except by one possessing the key to the bank. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the telephone-shelf with my improvements attached. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the lines 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the adjustable clamps.

1 is a rectangular plate or frame of a size to conveniently fit over the ordinary tele-' phone-shelf 18, provided at one corner with an inner extension 3, upon which is mounted the savings-bank 4. This is an ordinary metallic box of any convenient size provided with a door 5, hinged to the front and locked by the lock 6, operated by the key 7. A slot 8 is provided in the top for the insertion of the money to be saved. The plate 1 carries on one side integral therewith the curved clamps v9 9 to fit over the edge of the telephone-shelf, while on the opposite side similar clamps 10 10 are adjustable in order to secure the plate to the varying sizes of telephoneshelves.

The floor of the bank 4: is provided with an inset portion 11 of a width and height to receive the clamp 10 fiushwith the bottom and front edge of the bank. This'clamp 10 is provided with a slot 12, through which is inserted the screw 13, suitable openings being formed in the plate 1 and the raised floor 11 of the bank for the passage of the screw, and 14 is the nut for securing the bank, clampplate, and sustaining-plate together. It will be evident from this construction, inasmuch as the nut 14: is inside the bank, that so long as the bank is locked it will be impossible to remove the bank and its sustaining-plate fromthe telephone-shelf.

At the front edge of the plate 1 an ofi'set 15 is also provided, in which slides the other adjustable clamp 10, provided with the slot '12, through which passes the screw 16, taking into the nut 17 to hold the parts together. Of course it will be understood that when desired two bolts'and nuts maybe used for se-- curing the adjustable clamps in place.

The savings-bank located as above described may be provided with advertising matter on its front of any desired nature or a warning concerning' the use of the telephone by non-subscribers and a suggestion for the deposit of a coin for its use. The bank may be used for savings for any desired purpose, and the fact that all users are obliged to wait at. the telephone for proper connections will bring the bank and its object prominently before all members of the household.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'1. In a support for savings-banks, the combination with the telephone-shelf, of a plate to fit over the top of the shelf, clamps integral with the plate on one side and adjustable on the other, to engage the side of the shelf, a savings-bank with an inset portion in the bottom thereof to receive one of the adjustable bination With the telephone-shelf, of an open receive the other adjustable clamp-plate flush with the bottom of the frame, with screwbolts for securing the adjustable clamps, plate, and the bank, one or more of said bolts projecting Within the bank with a nut thereon for holding and tightening the bolt, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN B. KING.

Witnesses:

1). J. CAVITT, B. F. Frrz GERALD. 

